Documentary Film

The One That Got Away explores the intertwined forces of home-life and school-life on children. The film traces the trail of a once promising, popular New Jersey student from a troubled background who is now in prison for murder, and a group of middle school teachers who had tried to nurture him and help him thrive. Documentary producers John Block and Steve McCarthy, both from Montclair, New Jersey, had long careers in network television, and are National Emmy Award winners.